public opinion polls

last Sunday a Canadian priest was the celebrant for mass on Catholic TV. In his homily he referred to a poll by Pew Research that gave answers to the question of why church attendance is declining. The reasons that he cited were:
  • children are bored
  • children think that the mass is irrelevant
  • children's sleepovers with friends, soccer practice, etc.
  • better things to do (attending kids' sports events, shopping, TV, etc.)
  • etc.
There are three main reasons why I stopped going to church:
  1. the clergy sexual abuse scandal (who's behind the collar? an abuser? someone who covers up abusers?).
  2. the widespread lack of respect in Catholic sanctuaries for the presence of God, and those in the pews who are trying to worship God (talking out loud before, during, and after mass, arriving late, leaving early, dress, lack of reverence receiving communion, etc.).
  3. during the height of the covid epidemic, failure of churches to enforce masks, separation, and other covid protection safety practices, including failure to provide for communion for those who were following covid protection practices. 


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